When creating my group's Gantt Chart I would organize our tasks considering the following (in order of importance): 1. What tasks must be completed before this task can begin? 2. What is an ideal time...

So far we have learned about project management as it pertains to the US. What if your company becomes so large and successful you feel it is time to expand globally? How would project management stan...

The most impactful lesson I have learned from this class so far is how applied research/basic science (that is, what we learn in our core classes) is just a small percentage of research and developmen...

Some enterprise environmental factors might include a sudden market niche for a particular product or a governmental decrease in sales tax for a particular resource. I would then argue that the propos...

My capstone project involved programming a 3-DOF admittance control hand exoskeleton for robotically facilitated training of the hemiparetic hand and an interactive, virtual 3D environment for its pla...

Missing a milestone might be the worst thing that can happen to a project. A milestone defines the completion of an important step in a project's development process and task times are often dictated ...

Absolutely! One of the aspects of my thesis project was to develop an in vitro blood-brain barrier; primary cortical neuronal cells would be attached to the bottom of a well while endothelial cells an...

To answer how much information is needed to begin a formal project it is important to outline what information is needed. You sort of answered this in your question, enough preliminary details to plan...

Verification tasks can be designed during the Planning process of project management. For example, if the project will need clinical trials for design verification then anticipating and formulating th...

If I were to interact face-to-face I might take more initiative. For this simulation I mostly waited until a group member made a suggestion then either agreed or offered an alternative. Face-to-face i...

My dream team would be selected based on personal traits and drives under the notion that technical skills are less important because they can be learned while personal skills need time and nurturing ...

The FDA is currently drafting a guidance to regulate certain "general wellness devices." These include ones that help "log, track, or trend exercise activity" for the maintenance of a healthy lifestyl...

Most of the example above described some variation of testing as their chief form of design verification. But verification is more than this, it is making sure that the design of the device is right, ...

This is a really great topic because it is relevant and controversial. My thoughts are these: Trump has the right intent, there are problems within the regulatory practices/policies of the FDA and we ...

I disagree with the argument that some products do not seem to enter the Decline phase of their life cycle. Instead, the actual need does not decline while the product can get replaced with one that i...